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Writer-comedian Tina Fey was born Elizabeth Stamatina Fey on May 18, 1970. She got her start in comedy at The Second City Chicago Theatre. While at Second City, Fey was scooped up by "Saturday Night Live," where she served as the show's first female head writer, and later, a regular cast member and co-anchor of the Weekend Update segment. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Fey's popularity grew due to her portrayal of Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live." Fey also created her own TV show, NBC's "30 Rock." Her recent movie work includes "Baby Mama" and "Mean Girls." In 2008, Fey was voted The Associated Press' Entertainer of the Year.

The choice of South African comic Trevor Noah as Jon Stewart's replacement on "The Daily Show" advances an intriguing new trend of late-night comic hosts with a more worldly perspective while continuing the longer-running pattern of keeping...

Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian from South Africa who has contributed to "The Daily Show" a handful of times in recent months, will become Jon Stewart's replacement as host, Comedy Central announced Monday. Noah was chosen a little more than...

Dean Winters is a familiar face on television, from his insurance commercials as the character of "Mayhem" to his new starring role in the CBS series "Battle Creek." Not bad for a guy who died almost six years ago. Winters woke...

TV fans who decry the dearth of quality comedies, especially viewers who appreciated NBC's late "30 Rock," will revel in the first Netflix half-hour comedy series, the Tina Fey-produced "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," which is now...

No, it wasn’t the Oscars, but it sure felt that way.
NBC celebrated the 40th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” Sunday night with a live special that was as long (3½ hours) and as stuffed with montages as an Academy Awards broadcast. The network...

"Saturday Night Live" plans to celebrate its 40th anniversary this month, with NBC confirming a long list of participants during the Super Bowl. The massive reunion special will air on Feb. 15.
The biggest surprise is Eddie Murphy's planned...

Anna Hathaway had no idea people thought she looked like George Clooney's wife, the former Amal Alamuddin.
Think long-haired Hathaway to see the striking resemblance get a bit sharper...
The "Song One" star was presented with the comparison...

"Transparent" made history on Sunday by winning the Golden Globe for television series, musical or comedy. It's the first time a series that has never aired on a traditional TV channel has won the top TV prize at the Globes....

Showtime’s drama “The Affair” capped its first season with a breakthrough win as TV drama series at Sunday’s Golden Globes. “The Affair” stars British actors Dominic West and Ruth Wilson as a couple engaged in an extramarital affair. The story unfolds...

What a difference a few weeks makes. One month ago, the devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures over the comedy "The Interview" was making headlines around the world and rattling nerves across the movie industry. At the Golden Globes...

"I DIDN'T hear anyone asking where Putin was!?"
This from my constant reader Brad Berger, referring to all the hoopla criticizing President Obama for not appearing in person with the world leaders in Paris.
And here I thought our attorney...

"HOLLYWOOD is a dream factory, and nobody dreams about older women!" So said film director Amy Heckerling.
I don't know exactly when Ms. Heckerling made that remark, but recent years have seen something of a reversal. I think about Meryl...

An epic project about growing up and an eccentric comedy about murder in a Central European guesthouse were the big victors at the Golden Globes on Sunday, as Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" and Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest...

Electrical cords dangled from the ceiling. Tables were stacked against walls, rigging hardware strewn about. Ladders, lots of them, were being climbed by crew members with loud power tools.
Roughly 72 hours before Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney,...

John Mulaney has the benevolent wide-set eyes, cresting hair and copacetic choirboy appearance of a superhero who has taken a spa day. He is trim to the point of receding, and as angular as Peter Parker. He walks with his hands plunged deep in his...

As anyone even remotely connected with it will tell you, awards season is a pain, an annual collective descent into a frenzied war of opposing forces.
Every year, the studios, the stars and the media sagely "reconsider" the wisdom and meaning...

When Kate Beckinsale and Jeremy Piven take the stage in Beverly Hills on Thursday to announce nominations for the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.’s Golden Globes, you can expect some juicy surprises and a couple of eyebrow-raisers to go with it. After...

HBO's "Silicon Valley" and Amazon's "Transparent" were among the newbie standouts in this year's TV nominees for the Writers Guild Awards.Both shows earned noms for comedy series as well as for new series. "Transparent"...

The fashion world mourned the loss of one of its greatest designers on Monday at the private funeral of Oscar de la Renta, who died of cancer last month at 82.The tall Dominican-born de la Renta dressed New York socialites, Hollywood stars and American...